I fixed the problem! ... and other photographic life updates

You know that pesky scalding-freezing dual tap problem I was complaining about? Well, I'd heard about a quick fix for it online and immediately had to implement it. Yeah, it's pretty sad. But hey, it works! For all of the "form over function" in my life, once in a while I have to surrender and be a good old, cheap, "I don't care, it works now" engineer.

I made some classic Rice Krispie Treats over here. Marshmallows here are most often found in bags of pink and white, it seems. It did make me laugh how the bag touts how devilish and wicked and tempting the marshmallows are. Really? That's "indulgent" to you? Marshmallows hardly have any calories or fat compared to... many other truly indulgent and wicked desserts. If marshmallows are your exciting culinary naughty treat then yeah, you're just missing out on life. And speaking of zapping the fun out of things, I wanted to add sprinkles to make the Treats more exciting. But I was hard pressed to find sprinkles or decorations that came in colors any American or 5 year old child would find fun. I found some sprinkles, but they all had watered down, wishy washy coloUrs. And then I was reminded of the fact that over here they have much more of an aversion to the artificial coloUr thing than in the States. (I had also learned more about that with my local friends with whom I ate pancakes last week for Pancake Tuesday. Also, we had a round of "Really!? _[food product]_ costs $_[ridiculous amount]_ where you're from!? Insane!" And I shared more of the happiness of Extra Dessert Delights gum with them. The Apple Pie gum never ceases to amaze folks here.

You call that snow? Not long after folks back home got a nice dose of Real Snow to remind them of what being a New Englander is all about, here in Old England they got... this. And this was me being too cheap to spend the £5 on a taxi back to my flat from the train station. (Again, engineer mentality>princess mentality). So, I had to deal with the snow getting plowed along and piling up in front of my rolling suitcase as I'm trying to drag it down the sidewalk. Drag drag drag, tug, heave! Drag drag drag, tug, heave!

CHICKENS! Street Chickens! What great grafitti! Found in East London while wandering around with the Hubby and a couple of friends visiting from Germany last weekend.